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The AFU and Urban Legend Archive Misc CD cd length origin
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The AFU and Urban Legend Archive Misc CD cd length origin
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The afu pip is a delightful bit of writing, and an invaluable contribution to net.culture. I regret having missed out on the discussion of CD length, but would like to submit the following for your edification:
Fb.CDs are the size they are because it could hold Beethovan's 9th symphony.
Fb = believed false, but not conclusively proven
"Sony's Morita insisted on another increase to allow 75 instead of 60 minutes of music - enough to accomodate all of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, a favorite of his wife."
Fred Guterl in IEEE Spectrum V25N11 p106 (1988)
"That about raps it up for ..."
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